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The South End's population has been diverse since the 1880s when Irish, Lebanese, Jewish, African-American, Puerto rican, Italian, and Greek people began to settle in the neighborhood. A number of immigrants from Canada's maritime provinces found economic opportunity in Boston, and homes in the South End, during the 1930s.
In 1972, the South End neighborhood was placed on the National Register of Historic Places as the largest extant Victorian rowhouse district in the United States. In 1983, the district achieved designation as a Boston Landmark District, by the Boston Landmarks Commission , bringing with it legal protection and public review of alterations to ...
Union Park, with South End House near the center of the row on the left (1917) South End House is a settlement house in South End, Boston, Massachusetts.It stressed education and study, but gradually extended its activities until it contributed in a multitude of ways to the life of Boston, particularly to the south End neighborhood. [1]
The South End District is a historic district encompassing a portion of the South End neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.It is bounded roughly by the Southwest Corridor Park on the northwest, the Massachusetts Turnpike to the north, Herald Street to the east, AlbanyStreet to the south east, and Massachusetts Avenue to the southwest.
St. James Hotel, Franklin Square, Boston, 19th century; photo by John P. Soule. Charles Bulfinch, who created the plan for the South End, originally intended the two squares to be one, calling it Columbia Square. [4] Franklin Square opened in 1849 and Blackstone Square subsequently opened in 1855.
The SoWa Art & Design District (South of Washington) in the South End of Boston, Massachusetts, USA, is a community of artist studios, contemporary art galleries, boutiques, design showrooms, and restaurants. It features the SoWa Open Market, the SoWa Vintage Market, and a residential neighborhood.
As the city of Boston has grown and evolved, its neighborhoods have changed as well. The names of the West End, North End and South End refer to their positions on the Shawmut Peninsula, the original extent of Boston. Due to the annexation of surrounding communities, those neighborhoods are no longer at those geographic extremities.
Charlie's Sandwich Shoppe is a restaurant located in Boston's South End that is known for serving African-American jazz musicians during the era of segregated hotels. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The walls of the diner are adorned with pictures of customers ranging from Sammy Davis Jr ., Duke Ellington , [ 3 ] and Cab Calloway , [ 3 ] to Vice President Al Gore ...